The birth of Åkerön

[John Colvin]

On Wednesday, 19 June 2013 at 11:03:11 UTC, Joseph Rushton 
Wakeling wrote:
> On 06/19/2013 10:32 AM, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
>> Å - should be pronounced something like the "aw" in English 
>> "saw"
>
> Interesting that you relate it to "aw".  I would have said it 
> sounds like an "O"
> pronounced more in the back of the throat than usual, but now I 
> think of it,
> it's almost halfway between the "O" and "aw" sounds.

That's kindof how I think about it for Norwegian.